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Direct linkFriedman, Katherine B.; Rios, Yazmin Castruita; Huang, Yunzhen; Wiegmann, Susan M.; Tansey, Timothy N. – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2023
Objective: The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of the current literature regarding the vocational rehabilitation services found effective in promoting employment among transition-age youth with disabilities as well as identifying factors affecting the effectiveness of those services. Methods: This study utilized the Preferred…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Counseling, Program Effectiveness, Disabilities
Lyons, Oliver; Timmons, Jaimie; Hall, Allison; Enein-Donovan, Lara; Kamau, Esther – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Recent national and state-level policy changes have created an imperative for service providers to transform from sheltered work to competitive integrated employment. The current study sought to understand the impact of participation in a 1-year, comprehensive technical assistance pilot designed to support service providers to transform away from…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Technical Assistance, Employment Qualifications, Job Skills
Gilbride, Dennis; Stensrud, Robert; Bruinekool, Matt – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2018
Background: Over the past 25 years, research has demonstrated the value of the demand-side placement model in increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Objective: The demand-side model is focused on working with businesses (the demand-side) to create systemic change within companies to pull-in consumers, in contrast to a…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Disabilities, Models, Employment Opportunities
Rumrill, Phillip D., Jr.; Koch, Lynn C. – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2019
Background: Many emerging disabilities that affect today's rehabilitation consumers are linked to lifestyle factors such as diet, exercise, smoking, substance use, and obesity. Lifestyle-related disabilities have dramatically increased in incidence and prevalence over the past two decades. Rehabilitation counselors play an important role in…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation Counseling, Life Style, Disabilities, Diabetes
Download full textAtfield, Gaby; Hunt, Wil; Luchinskaya, Daria – UK Department for Education, 2021
Given the recent focus on the employability and earnings of university graduates in the UK, there is a need to explore the employability initiatives offered by higher education institutions (HEIs). Work placements and work experience offered through HEIs aim to improve students' job readiness, and ability to secure suitable jobs after graduation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Graduates, Employment Potential
Kamau, Esther; Timmons, Jaimie – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2018
Competitive integrated employment is defined within the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA, 2014) as full-time or part-time work at minimum wage or higher, with wages and benefits similar to those without disabilities performing the same work, and fully integrated with coworkers without disabilities. The Act requires that states ensure…
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Disability Discrimination
Scheef, Andrew R.; Barrio, Brenda L.; Poppen, Marcus I. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2017
Under-employment for individuals with disabilities is a worldwide epidemic, which Singapore has addressed by significantly increasing employment rates for this population. Providing work experiences for youth with disabilities at community-based job sites has been shown to increase positive post-school employment outcomes. To provide these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship, Job Training
